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Winkie:
I found KchmViewer-f0dder (February 13, 2011, 10:59 AM)
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... UltraCHM ... not sure about tabs though.-nudone (February 13, 2011, 12:58 PM)
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Nice finds, both of you :Thmbsup:
I always thought I didn't need a different chm reader. Using these for 5 minutes proofed otherwise...

Main reason I'm gonna use kchmviewer instead of the standard HTML Help Viewer is:
* Tabs! (UltraChm has none)
* The ability to open external links in my default browser.

UltraChm will stay installed for times I need to extract individual pages or have to take notes.

Armando:
I've been using Ultra CHM for a while. It's certainly more flexible than others. However... I find it unbelievable that this is... It. Rea...lly?

By comparison, Pdf viewers have a lot more convenient features... and are much more configurable (in terms of shortcut keys, editing, etc.). Which leads me to always try to find a pdf alternative to any CHM document.

Sorry... Complaining but don't have any good solution... But am periodically looking for one. I guess one day I'll have to buy something super expensive like Help And Manual and create my own pdfs out of CHMs.

Curt:
For Firefox:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/chmreader/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/chm-reader/



More about this add-on

Versions for Linux x86_64 and Mac OS X can be downloaded from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=175748

An extension make firefox support Compiled HTML(.chm) file reading.

After install, with "File | Open CHM File", you can open an CHM file in Firefox. With "View | Sidebar | CHM Reader" or press "Ctrl-E", the sidebar which contains topics and indexes listing of the CHM file will be showed.

Open chm file from command line: firefox chm:file:///path/of/your.chm

Open chm from Nautilus: 1. right click on an chm file; 2. Select "Open with Other Application"; 3. Select "Use a custom command"; 4. Input "firefox chm:%U" and click Open.
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